Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

interministerial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-min-is-te-ri-al
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

7

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Between ministers.

adj

Between ministries.

Example Sentences

"The increase followed a rise in science's political prominence: Last year, the prime minister himself took charge of an interministerial commission that oversees science policy and funding, and the government has also created a new Office of Science and Technology to bolster policy. ""
"Gaining access to such maps means navigating through an interministerial bureaucratic procedure with at least 15 stages of negotiations."
""Inter-Ministerial" Conference on the 30th of September 2013 Palais d’Egmont-Brussels."

Etymology

From inter- + ministerial.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: inter

Questions

What does interministerial mean?: Between ministers.
Where does interministerial come from?: From inter- + ministerial.

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